Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1988, 9:27 PM EDT for Burlington County, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 1988, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1988, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHL 250127
SVRPHL
NJC021-005-250230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
927 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF NEW JERSEY
MERCER...
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEW JERSEY
NORTHERN BURLINGTON...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY AND NORTHERN
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MERCER COUNTY AND
NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY BY 945 PM EDT.
AT 922 PM EDT A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 60
MILES AN HOUR IN LEVITTOWN PA.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND LIGHTNING. SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH W]INDS AND
SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING
OF SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES.
ACSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PA AND NORTHERN DE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 824 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY... AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO THUNDERSTORMS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ONE IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY NEAR SKIPPACK AND THE OTHER IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART NEAR MONTGOMERYVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER CENTRAL AND EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM EDT. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING EACH OTHER AND FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WI TH THESE STORMS. RADAR ALSO SHOWER A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE AND MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ACS
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:30 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PA AND NORTHERN DE CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 830 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY... AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO THUNDERSTORMS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ONE IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY NEAR SKIPPACK AND THE OTHER IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART NEAR MONTGOMERYVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER CENTRAL AND EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM EDT. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING EACH OTHER AND FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE AND MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ACS
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:48 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
^PHLSPSACY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 845 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM... AT 830 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARYLAND. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE UPPER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEYS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AS WELL AS THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARYLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY WITHIN 5THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. NESMITH
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
^PHLSPSACY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 845 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM... AT 830 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARYLAND. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE UPPER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEYS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AS WELL AS THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARYLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY WIT?HIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. NESMITH
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 9:02 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
ABPA- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 855 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SCHUYLKILL AND CARBON COUNTIES... AT 855 PM THIS EVENING RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE VERY HEAVY...EXTENDING FROM NEAR WILKES-BARRE SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST CARBON AND CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS NEAR THE MINERSVILLE-POTTSVILLE AREA OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE LEHIGH VALLEY AROUND 10PM. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEASTWARDE TOWARD NEW JERSEY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. $$LOEPER
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 9:15 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 914 PM EDT WED AUG 24 1988 ... THUNDER..LIGHTNING AND LIGHT RAIN CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN DELAWARE... SHORTLY AFTER 9 THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW CASTLE COUNTY...FROM THE MIDDLETOWN AND ODESSA AREAS NORTHWARD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS THAT EXTENDS NORTH INTO SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST INTO NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. AT THE CURRENT TIME...THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT COULD AFFECT NEW CASTLE COUNTY ARE STILL IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MOVE INTO NEW CASTLE COUNTY. THE PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM NEWARK TO THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE AND SOUTH TO ODESSA WILL MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE MORE INTENSE STORMS. REMEMBER...WHEN AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LC
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.